Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-14 Thread Tony Harminc
On 10 July 2014 21:38, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: on 07/09/2014 at 03:27 AM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com said: While I clearly didn't recollect the correct command names, I do remember specifically that when one of the commands that used TPUT was encountered in

Aw: Re: AW: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-11 Thread Peter Hunkeler
The result when running TSO TEST in batch under an 8 char userid is shown below. //BATCH EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * TEST *(IEBGENER) L 10.%%+4%+b4%+108% x L(17) END The first 7 bytes will be PSCBUSER. All bytes are blank (x'40') and the length value at the

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 0f990dc213e6fe4c9539d02818273f8c7b1bb...@mcexchmbx01.mclane.mclaneco.com, on 07/09/2014 at 08:52 PM, Sam Bass sam.b...@mclaneco.com said: There are at least two TSO control blocks that have a 7 char userid followed by a 1 byte length. I remember someone back in the MVT days that someone

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-11 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 045501cf9b4f$9f5df3d0$de19db70$@mxg.com, on 07/09/2014 at 03:27 AM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com said: While I clearly didn't recollect the correct command names, I do remember specifically that when one of the commands that used TPUT was encountered in the list of commands in my benchmark

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-11 Thread Barry Merrill
char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command In 045501cf9b4f$9f5df3d0$de19db70$@mxg.com, on 07/09/2014 at 03:27 AM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com said: While I clearly didn't recollect the correct command names, I do remember specifically that when one of the commands that used TPUT

AW: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Let me try to conclude this thread as it has drifted apart from the original question to the question whether an 8 char (MVS) userid can become valid TSO user (which it *cannot*). My interest was to find out why some TSO commands can be used in a *batch* job while others (which?) cannot when

Re: AW: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-10 Thread Bill Godfrey
On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:16:14 +0200, Peter Hunkeler wrote: Let me try to conclude this thread as it has drifted apart from the original question to the question whether an 8 char (MVS) userid can become valid TSO user (which it *cannot*). My interest was to find out why some TSO commands can be

AW: Re: AW: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-10 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Could you run it and share the results? Will do. -- Peter -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-09 Thread Barry Merrill
: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command In 02fa01cf9aaf$b9ddd130$2d997390$@mxg.com, on 07/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com said: Not sure if this applies to this issue, but I recall that TSO commands that issue TPUT will simply stop the rest

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-09 Thread Sam Bass
There are at least two TSO control blocks that have a 7 char userid followed by a 1 byte length. I remember someone back in the MVT days that someone implemented a 8 char TSO userid. Might have been Stanford or SLAC? UPTPREFX DSCL7 DSNAME PREFIX UPTPREFL DSBL1 LENGTH OF

Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
Initially posted on RACF-L (more by mistake tang by intention). Reposting here with emphasis on the TSO mechanisms I'd like to get some deeper insight. We're in the process of cleaning up our technical userids. There is a job running a REXX under IKJEFT01 that is issuing MVS commands via TSO

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread nitz-ibm
IKJ56644I NO VALID TSO USERID, DEFAULT USER ATTRIBUTES USED IKJ55353I THE CONSPROF COMMAND HAS TERMINATED.+ From what I have read in the FM and in the archives of this forum, I tend to conclude that there is no way to authorize an 8 character userid to use the TSO CONSOLE command, is

AW: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
No, I don't think there is a way to define a valid 8 character TSO userid. ... Yep, understand that. But that wasn't the question. The question is why some (most?) TSO commands are working fine under an 8 char userid, whereas some like CONSOLE obviously don't. It's mostly my own curiosity

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command Initially posted on RACF-L (more by mistake tang by intention). Reposting here with emphasis on the TSO mechanisms I'd like to get some deeper insight. We're in the process of cleaning up our technical userids. There is a job running a REXX under IKJEFT01

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Barry Merrill
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 8:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Aw: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command Before any TSO commands may be entered, the LOGON command must be used

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Lizette Koehler
than what it could in the past. Thanks Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 6:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Aw: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid

Aw: Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Peter Hunkeler
What do you consider an 8 character TSO ID? I never talked about an 8 character TSO ID, did I? I always wrote (or meant to write) 8 character userid. And by userid I mean a userid as understood by MVS, and this has always been allowed to be 8 characters in length. (I'm sure someone will

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Ed Gould
The max length of a UID in UADS is 7 characters. Ed On Jul 8, 2014, at 2:24 AM, nitz-ibm wrote: IKJ56644I NO VALID TSO USERID, DEFAULT USER ATTRIBUTES USED IKJ55353I THE CONSPROF COMMAND HAS TERMINATED.+ From what I have read in the FM and in the archives of this forum, I tend to

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread John Eells
TSO/E does not support user IDs with more than 7 characters. The reason for this is a historical one. TSO/E user ID information was originally stored in the user attributes data set, UADS. A PDS, UADS has an 8-character limit on member name length. To save space (remember that 2314s and

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 13:24:33 -0400, John Eells wrote: TSO/E does not support user IDs with more than 7 characters. The reason for this is a historical one. TSO/E user ID information was originally stored in the user attributes data set, UADS. A PDS, UADS has an 8-character limit on member name

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-07-08 16:04, Lizette Koehler pisze: What do you consider an 8 character TSO ID? Please explain your statement. My understanding is TSO IDs are maximum of 7 Chars. A batch job can be the 7Chars + 1. So what may look like an 8 Char TSOID may just be a batch 8 character name. I

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread John Eells
Paul Gilmartin wrote: snip Why only 10? Up to 36 should have been practical. Your guess is as good as mine, Paul. Since the original TSO (no /E) product was available in 1971 what is now TSO/E is at *least* 43 years old. As UADS was a pretty basic part of the overall implementation the

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 02fa01cf9aaf$b9ddd130$2d997390$@mxg.com, on 07/08/2014 at 08:22 AM, Barry Merrill ba...@mxg.com said: Not sure if this applies to this issue, but I recall that TSO commands that issue TPUT will simply stop the rest of the commands in a Batch TSO job, They don't stop anything, but the TPUT

Re: Authorizing 8 char technical userid to use TSO CONSOLE command

2014-07-08 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 008c01cf9aa4$70193d10$504bb730$@mindspring.com, on 07/08/2014 at 05:02 AM, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com said: Over time, there was never an 8 Char TSO ID. Instead several alterations were made that allowed the TSO ID to look like 8 chars. In the past when you submitted a job in